(1) There shall be a lien on all skiffs, yachts, and other water craft in favor of any municipality operating a small craft or yacht harbor or basin for dockage, wharfage or anchorage charges for space or anchorage contracted for by the water craft or its owner or agent where the charge for such space or anchorage is made for a period of time without regard to the actual time such skiff, yacht or other water craft is actually docked or anchored to the dock, wharf, or at the mooring place in the basin. Such lien shall be paramount to all other debts due and owing by such water craft, or the owner thereof, or other lien thereon, except as provided by Section 85-7-7.(2) The lien, by this section provided, shall be enforced as provided by Sections 85-7-31 through 85-7-53, inclusive.Codes, 1942, § 340-01; Laws, 1946, ch. 290, §§ 1, 2.